A true adventure again. Today I left Sendai to have my first ride with the famous Shinkansen train, not a very long trip, but still exiting.

It is a very nive train, but also very filled, and since I had a seat away from the windows, I didnt see much of the landscape we were driving trough. It was fantastic weather, so I did see some of the many mountains, but not at all in compare to what happened when I got into the small local train that took me to my final destination - Nikko.
On this local train, I had a great view of the landscape, and it is stunning here. We drove trough forests and mountain-landscapes that were no less than breathtaking. It was late in the afternoon when I finally reached my "Hotel" a small inn just under a mountain next to a river.

I was given a tiny traditional Japanese room, and rushed out to take some pictures before the sun was all gone. I am truly looking forward to staying here a couple of days, and getting to go up into the mountains.
This is the view from one of my windows, a very unique one with the ongoing sound of the river in the background.

Before the sun was setting behind the mountains, I managed to make a series of images in the dusk, the mountains really make you feel quite small here

There is a shaky connection to the Internet here, so no skype or MSN - only e-mail, till now that is.. of cause I am going to try to get it all working, else it would not be me :)
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